From: libaokun@huaweicloud.com
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Cc: tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, jack@suse.cz,
yangerkun@huawei.com, libaokun1@huawei.com,
libaokun@huaweicloud.com
Subject: [PATCH e2fsprogs] libext2fs: fix orphan file size > kernel limit with large blocksize
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:21:57 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251112122157.1990595-1-libaokun@huaweicloud.com> (raw)
From: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Kernel commit 0a6ce20c1564 ("ext4: verify orphan file size is not too big")
limits the maximum supported orphan file size to 8 << 20.
However, in e2fsprogs, the orphan file size is set to 32–512 filesystem
blocks when creating a filesystem.
With 64k block size, formatting an ext4 fs >32G gives an orphan file bigger
than the kernel allows, so mount prints an error and fails:
EXT4-fs (vdb): orphan file too big: 8650752
EXT4-fs (vdb): mount failed
Therefore, synchronize the kernel change to e2fsprogs to avoid creating
orphan files larger than the kernel limit.
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
---
lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h | 2 ++
lib/ext2fs/orphan.c | 12 +++++++-----
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h b/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
index bb2170b7..d9df007c 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
@@ -1819,6 +1819,8 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_set_data_io(ext2_filsys fs, io_channel new_io);
errcode_t ext2fs_rewrite_to_io(ext2_filsys fs, io_channel new_io);
/* orphan.c */
+#define EXT4_MAX_ORPHAN_FILE_SIZE 8 << 20
+#define EXT4_DEFAULT_ORPHAN_FILE_SIZE 2 << 20
extern errcode_t ext2fs_create_orphan_file(ext2_filsys fs, blk_t num_blocks);
extern errcode_t ext2fs_truncate_orphan_file(ext2_filsys fs);
extern e2_blkcnt_t ext2fs_default_orphan_file_blocks(ext2_filsys fs);
diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/orphan.c b/lib/ext2fs/orphan.c
index 14ac3569..40b1c5c7 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/orphan.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/orphan.c
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_create_orphan_file(ext2_filsys fs, blk_t num_blocks)
memset(zerobuf, 0, fs->blocksize);
ob_tail = ext2fs_orphan_block_tail(fs, buf);
ob_tail->ob_magic = ext2fs_cpu_to_le32(EXT4_ORPHAN_BLOCK_MAGIC);
+ if (num_blocks * fs->blocksize > EXT4_MAX_ORPHAN_FILE_SIZE)
+ num_blocks = EXT4_MAX_ORPHAN_FILE_SIZE / fs->blocksize;
oi.num_blocks = num_blocks;
oi.alloc_blocks = 0;
oi.last_blk = 0;
@@ -216,18 +218,18 @@ out:
/*
* Find reasonable size for orphan file. We choose orphan file size to be
- * between 32 and 512 filesystem blocks and not more than 1/4096 of the
- * filesystem unless it is really small.
+ * between 32 filesystem blocks and EXT4_DEFAULT_ORPHAN_FILE_SIZE, and not
+ * more than 1/fs->blocksize of the filesystem unless it is really small.
*/
e2_blkcnt_t ext2fs_default_orphan_file_blocks(ext2_filsys fs)
{
__u64 num_blocks = ext2fs_blocks_count(fs->super);
- e2_blkcnt_t blks = 512;
+ e2_blkcnt_t blks = EXT4_DEFAULT_ORPHAN_FILE_SIZE / fs->blocksize;
if (num_blocks < 128 * 1024)
blks = 32;
- else if (num_blocks < 2 * 1024 * 1024)
- blks = num_blocks / 4096;
+ else if (num_blocks < EXT4_DEFAULT_ORPHAN_FILE_SIZE)
+ blks = num_blocks / fs->blocksize;
return (blks + EXT2FS_CLUSTER_MASK(fs)) & ~EXT2FS_CLUSTER_MASK(fs);
}
--
2.46.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-12 12:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-12 12:21 libaokun [this message]
2025-11-12 18:36 ` [PATCH e2fsprogs] libext2fs: fix orphan file size > kernel limit with large blocksize Darrick J. Wong
2025-11-12 19:55 ` Jan Kara
2025-11-13 3:02 ` Baokun Li
2025-11-13 2:55 ` Baokun Li
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